Ne apuca uneori nostalia, ne amintim cu un zimbet de vremuri trecute, vorbim de Generatia X (unde X inseamna altceva pentru fiecare dintre noi). O metoda de a da un aspect retro unei pagini web (sau oricarui text), ca din preistoria calculatoarelor, este folosirea ASCII Art.
Si cum crearea de ASCII Art este un proces dificil, de multe ori se automatizeaza procesul folosind un program pentru conversie. Exista programe care convertesc o imagine, un text sau chiar imagini in miscare (filme, jocuri).
Iata niste rezultate (am selectat citeva care mi-au placut) obtinute cu un asemenea generator:

    __ __                             __    __         ___        
.--|  |__|.-----.---.-.-----.---.-.--|  |  |__|.-----.'  _|.-----.
|  _  |  ||  _  |  _  |     |  _  |  _  |__|  ||     |   _||  _  |
|_____|__||_____|___._|__|__|___._|_____|__|__||__|__|__|  |_____|
 ___  _ ____ ____ __ _ ____ ___    _ __ _ ____ ____
 |__> | [__] |--| | \| |--| |__> . | | \| |--- [__]
     _ _                             _   _        __      
    | (_)                           | | (_)      / _|     
  __| |_  ___   __ _ _ __   __ _  __| |  _ _ __ | |_ ___  
 / _` | |/ _ \ / _` | '_ \ / _` |/ _` | | | '_ \|  _/ _ \ 
| (_| | | (_) | (_| | | | | (_| | (_| |_| | | | | || (_) |
 \__,_|_|\___/ \__,_|_| |_|\__,_|\__,_(_)_|_| |_|_| \___/ 
   _  _                        _     _       ___     
 _| |<_> ___  ___ ._ _  ___  _| |   <_>._ _ | | '___ 
/ . || |/ . \<_> || ' |<_> |/ . | _ | || ' || |-/ . \
\___||_|\___/<___||_|_|<___|\___|<_>|_||_|_||_| \___/
    .___.__                                .___  .__        _____       
  __| _/|__| _________    ____ _____     __| _/  |__| _____/ ____\____  
 / __ | |  |/  _ \__  \  /    \\__  \   / __ |   |  |/    \   __\/  _ \ 
/ /_/ | |  (  <_> ) __ \|   |  \/ __ \_/ /_/ |   |  |   |  \  | (  <_> )
\____ | |__|\____(____  /___|  (____  /\____ |  /\__|___|  /__|  \____/ 
     \/               \/     \/     \/      \/  \/       \/             

  :| ++                       :|     ++      ,::|      
:':| :| ,::\ .::\ :::\ .::\ :':|     :| :::\ ::|  ,::\ 
:::| :| `::/ `::| :|:| `::| :::| ::| :| :|:| :|   `::/ 
  |                     |         /=     
/=| = /=\ /=| /=\ /=| /=|   = /=\ |= /=\ 
\=| | \=/ \=| | | \=| \=| = | | | |  \=/ 
 _|o _  _.._  _. _| o._ _|_ _ 
(_||(_)(_|| |(_|(_|o|| | | (_)
   _ _                   _   _     ___     
 _| |_|___ ___ ___ ___ _| | |_|___|  _|___ 
| . | | . | .'|   | .'| . |_| |   |  _| . |
|___|_|___|__,|_|_|__,|___|_|_|_|_|_| |___|
   |  o                              |   o          | |      
 __|      __   __,   _  _    __,   __|       _  _   | |  __  
/  |  |  /  \_/  |  / |/ |  /  |  /  |   |  / |/ |  |/  /  \_
\_/|_/|_/\__/ \_/|_/  |  |_/\_/|_/\_/|_/o|_/  |  |_/|__/\__/ 
                                                    |\       
                                                    |/   
     |_)                             |  _)        _|      
  _` | |  _ \   _` | __ \   _` |  _` |   | __ \  |    _ \ 
 (   | | (   | (   | |   | (   | (   |   | |   | __| (   |
\__,_|_|\___/ \__,_|_|  _|\__,_|\__,_|_)_|_|  _|_|  \___/ 
    _ _                        _   _       __     
 __| (_)___  __ _ _ _  __ _ __| | (_)_ _  / _|___ 
/ _` | / _ \/ _` | ' \/ _` / _` |_| | ' \|  _/ _ \
\__,_|_\___/\__,_|_||_\__,_\__,_(_)_|_||_|_| \___/
     ___                        __  _      ___   
 ___/ (_)__  ___ ____  ___ ____/ / (_)__  / _/__ 
/ _  / / _ \/ _ `/ _ \/ _ `/ _  / / / _ \/ _/ _ \
\_,_/_/\___/\_,_/_//_/\_,_/\_,_(_)_/_//_/_/ \___/
  .                     .                 
,-| . ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-. ,-|    . ,-. ," ,-. 
| | | | | ,-| | | ,-| | |    | | | |- | | 
`-^ ' `-' `-^ ' ' `-^ `-^ :; ' ' ' |  `-' 
                                   '   
                           _    
 _|. _  _  _  _  _|   . _ (_ _  
(_||(_)(_|| )(_|(_|.  || )| (_)
    .                             .            .-.   
    |   o                         |    o       |     
 .-.|   .  .-.  .-.  .--. .-.  .-.|    .  .--.-|-.-. 
(   |   | (   )(   ) |  |(   )(   |    |  |  | |(   )
 `-'`--' `-`-'  `-'`-'  `-`-'`-`-'`-o-' `-'  `-' `-' 
    |o                        | o     ,---.     
,---|.,---.,---.,---.,---.,---| .,---.|__. ,---.
|   |||   |,---||   |,---||   | ||   ||    |   |
`---'``---'`---^`   '`---^`---'o``   '`    `---'
 _|. _  _  _  _  _| . _  |` _ 
(_||(_)(_|| |(_|(_|.|| |~|~(_)

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